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Live updates - Israel launches major strike on Iran's nuclear and military sites. (www.aljazeera.com)
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[–] [S] 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

At least some US leaders knew about these strikes beforehand:

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Also recall that the US evacuated it's Iraq Embassy.
    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/12/iran-doubles-down-as-us-signals-israel-could-strike-during-nuclear-talks

    I'm certain the US knew now.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I mean yeah, they always know.

    The question is how invovled were they in the attack itself (logistics, access to US surveillance, planning, etc.)

    Trump seems to be implying this is "off hands" like he stopped engaging the Houthis in the red sea a while back.

    I wonder if this is Netanyahu thrashing a bit in an effort to keep the US invovled, or the US proxying an Iranian attack with more plausible deniability.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    US proxying an Iranian attack with more plausible deniability.

    Why does the US care about that aspect. If the US wanted to it could directly attack Iran, and the only thing China or Russia would do is "tsk-tsk" the US. No one is going to bat for Iran, especially against the US.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Of course they did, this is their porn. They've been beating the war drum on behalf of Israel for 20 years. Some of them have even been saying we should nuke Gaza & kill all the Palestinians. That is how sick these people are.

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    One of the al-jazeera posters thinks that's unlikely, and it's more likely that Israel is having a "now or never" moment since Trump entered negotiations with Iran.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's hard to know for sure, and either scenario is very plausible. Israel is certainly doing everything it can to force Trump's hand here. Iran will have no choice but to respond, and then the Israeli lobby will put maximum pressure on the US to strike at Iran in response.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    Al-Jazeera has repeatedly taken the opportunity to reframe the relationship between Israel and the rest of the imperial core as a domineering one. They have repeatedly undercut the resistance by painting them as the aggressors, "only making things worse" for the Palestinians. This only serves the US narrative.

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